Over a dozen airports around the country last week declined to run on their TV screens a screed from the secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, in which she declares, “Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the federal government, and because of this many of our operations are impacted and most of our TSA employees are working without pay.”

She had asked that the video be shown as passengers were passing through terminal security. As if having to be patted down, see your knapsack randomly be routed over to the bad conveyor belt and trying to figure out whether this shift wanted you to take your shoes off weren’t torture enough.

Because being in the presence, even virtual presence, of Kristi Noem defines torture already.

It wasn’t just your blue state LAXs and JFKs that nixed the pro

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